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  Tres derrotas (y una victoria) de Putin El resultado desfavorable para el Kremlin de las elecciones en Armenia se enmarca en una pauta esperanzadora para el proyecto europeísta Carteles electorales en una calle de Ereván, la capital de Armenia. HAYK BAGHDASARYAN (REUTERS) Dejada atrás la pequeña aldea georgiana de Odzisi, echando un vistazo hacia el otro lado del valle se vislumbra con claridad un recinto fortificado: son instalaciones del FSB, el servicio secreto ruso, cuyos agentes se encargan de las tareas de vigilancia de la frontera artificial impuesta tras la intervención armada rusa de 2008 y  gracias a la cual Moscú controla el territorio georgiano de Osetia del Sur . En Moldavia, no hace falta ir a la ocupada Transnistria para sentir el peso de la penetración rusa en el país.  Basta con ir a la región autónoma de Gagaúzia , no controlada por Rusia, pero con fortísimos lazos con esta. Ante la sede de la Asamblea Popular de la región hay una llamativa estatua de ...
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  Breakingviews - Merz wavering cripples EU’s tough China stand June 11, 2026 6:54 PM GMT+10 Updated June 11, 2026 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz delivers a speech during a session of Germany's lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany June 11, 2026. REUTERS/Nadja Wohlleben Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab BERLIN, June 11 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Friedrich Merz has a good opportunity to show he’s serious about tackling his country’s  economic decline . The German chancellor still hasn’t indicated whether he will support the European Commission’s plans ​to play hardball with China over its economic and trade policies. He should. As it happens Brussels is not only ‌defending the EU, but also Germany’s interests. Europe's industries are being battered by booming Chinese exports. The European Union’s overall  trade deficit with China stood at €360 billion in 2025, up nearly 20% year-on-year. Germany’s own deficit surged even faster, rising 33% t...
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CHINESE RATS ARE FULL OF SHIT. THEY MUST BE EXTERMINATED TO THE LAST RODENT. As China menaces Taiwan and US grows unpredictable, Japan stands taller Peter Apps June 12, 2026 9:11 AM GMT+10 Updated June 12, 2026 Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s prime minister, speaks during a press conference at the prime minister’s office in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. Kiyoshi Ota/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo  Purchase Licensing  Rights , opens new tab Summary Japan boosts defence spending and military cooperation with US, Australia, Philippines China warns against Japanese 'neo-militarism' and alliances Tokyo eases arms export ban and sells warships to allies Big Takaichi election win could allow changes to pacifist post-war constitution June 12 (Reuters) - Launched in Seattle in 1943, the U.S. minesweeper Vigilance survived a Japanese submarine and air attack in the United States’ last Pacific war before being transferred to the Philippines in 1967. Last month, decommissioned, she final...